With the cooler temps of fall, I have been very inspired with pumpkin lately as well as using my slow cooker, but I changed up pace with apples this time around. There’s nothing better than the sweet and tangy taste of apples mixed with cinnamon and a little bit of crunch from slivered almonds, warmed in the slow cooker for a few hours to let the flavors blend!
Ingredients:
- 4 apples -variety of your choice. I used gala for this recipe
- 1/4 cup almond flour
- 1/8 cup shredded coconut
- 1/4 cup slivered almonds
- 1 tbsp cinnamon, or add as much to your liking
- 2 tbsp clarified butter
- honey – for drizzling
Directions:
Peel, core, and chop apples into cubes. Place in bottom of slow cooker and sprinkle with cinnamon. Mix the almond flour, slivered almonds, coconut, and 2 tbsp cinnamon together until mixed well. Add butter to mixture and blend together until it becomes crumbly. Top the apples with the cinnamon mixture and slow cook for 2-3 hours. Scoop out apples and the crumble topping and place on a plate. Drizzle with honey if desired.
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OMG, I can’t wait to try this. I think I am doing it tonight!!
This was delicious!! I didnt even need the honey and it was perfect. I topped it with paleo pumpkin ice cream and it was heavenly!
could you use coconut oil instead of clarified butter?
I’m sure you could, probably a slightly different taste.
Is there another kind of flour you can sub out with? I have almond flour or almonds on hand!! This looks SO good!
You can really use any flour, but I try to keep it gluten free for my followers. I bet hazelnut flour would be pretty tasty. Ground flax seed would give it more of a woody flavor as well. I think coconut flour would be okay, not sure how it would turn out with all the moisture though! Let me know if you try something else and it is yummy!
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I made this recipe last night and it didn’t turn out quite right. It seemed like my crockpot got too hot. What setting do you use? I also thought 3 Tablespoons of cinnamon seemed like way too much….was it supposed to be 3 teaspoons? The flavor was overwhelming and the texture a little gritty..
It should be 1 tbsp plus 3 tsp, all my recipes are designed to be to your liking, so adjust as needed !
Did you have the slow cooker on high or low?
Low
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First paleo non-sugar dessert I’ve really enjoyed. I doubled the crumb mixture, adding 1 tablespoon of finely chopped dates, added a pinch of sea salt, (as my organic butter is unsalted), doubled the shredded unsweetened coconut and doubled the butter, also added 1/4 cup quinoa flour. I used four honeycrisp apples. Topped the crisp with 2% Fage Greek yogurt. The crumb texture was sandy and delicious. No honey or other sweetener needed at all! Thank you!!!
I just tried this tonight and added cranberries to it. No need for the honey as it was great just the way it was. So easy to make… Thank you